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Nebraska vs Rhode Island Geography
Land area
- Nebraska has a land area of 76,815 square miles (198,950 km²), while Rhode Island has 1,034 square miles (2,678 km²).
- Nebraska's land area is 74.3 times larger than Rhode Island's.
Total area
- Nebraska: 77,347 square miles (200,329 km²) vs Rhode Island: 1,545 square miles (4,002 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nebraska's total area is 50.1 times larger than Rhode Island's.
Length
- Nebraska is 497 miles (800 km) long from north to south; Rhode Island is 61 miles (98 km).
- Nebraska's north-south length is 8.1 times (715%) longer than Rhode Island's.
Width
- Nebraska spans 464 miles (747 km) east to west; Rhode Island spans 42 miles (67 km).
- Nebraska's east-west width is 11.0 times wider than Rhode Island's.
Highest point
- Nebraska's highest point is Panorama Point at 5,428 feet (1,654 m); Rhode Island's is Jerimoth Hill at 811 feet (247 m).
- Panorama Point is 4,617 feet higher than Jerimoth Hill.
Lowest point
- Nebraska's lowest point is Missouri River at 840 feet; Rhode Island's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Rhode Island's lowest point is 840 feet lower.
Nebraska vs Rhode Island Population and History
Population
- Nebraska has a population of 2,005,465 (2024), while Rhode Island has 1,112,308 (2024).
- Nebraska's population is 1.8 times (80%) larger than Rhode Island's.
Population density
- Nebraska: 26.1 people per square mile vs Rhode Island: 1,075.8.
- Rhode Island's population density is 41.2 times higher than Nebraska's.
Biggest city
- Nebraska's biggest city is Omaha with 489,265 people; Rhode Island's is Providence with 194,706.
- Omaha's population is 2.5 times (151%) larger than Providence's.
Largest metro area
- Nebraska's largest metropolitan area is Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010 people) vs Rhode Island's Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area (1,700,901).
- Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area's population is 1.7 times (70%) larger than Omaha, NE-IA metro area's.
History
- Nebraska: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, as the 37th state.
- Rhode Island: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1790, as the 13th state.
- In its current form, Rhode Island is the older of the two by 77 years.
Nebraska vs Rhode Island Economy
GDP
- Nebraska's GDP is $189.2 billion (2024) vs Rhode Island's $80.4 billion.
- Nebraska's economic output is 2.4 times (135%) larger than Rhode Island's.
GDP per capita
- Nebraska: $94,363 per person vs Rhode Island: $72,265.
- Nebraska's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (31%) higher than Rhode Island's.
Average income
- Nebraska: $72,701 vs Rhode Island: $70,622 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Nebraska and Rhode Island have about the same average income.
Nebraska vs Rhode Island Counties
Number of counties
- Nebraska has 93 counties, while Rhode Island has 5.
- Nebraska's county count is 18.6 times higher than Rhode Island's.
Biggest county by area
- Nebraska's largest county is Cherry County at 5,960 square miles; Rhode Island's is Providence County at 410 square miles.
- Cherry County's land area is 14.6 times larger than Providence County's.
Smallest county by area
- Nebraska: Sarpy County (238 sq mi) vs Rhode Island: Bristol County (24 sq mi).
- Sarpy County's land area is 9.9 times (888%) larger than Bristol County's.
Most populous county
- Nebraska: Douglas County (601,158 people) vs Rhode Island: Providence County (675,912 people).
- Providence County's population is 1.1 times (12%) larger than Douglas County's.
Least populous county
- Nebraska: McPherson County (376 people) vs Rhode Island: Bristol County (50,145 people).
- Bristol County's population is 133.4 times larger than McPherson County's.
Richest county
- Nebraska: Pierce County ($112,729 per capita income) vs Rhode Island: Bristol County ($99,923).
- Pierce County's income is 1.1 times (13%) richer than Bristol County's.
Poorest county
- Nebraska: Johnson County ($45,756 per capita income) vs Rhode Island: Providence County ($61,040).
- Providence County's income is 1.3 times (33%) richer than Johnson County's.
Nebraska vs Rhode Island Taxes
State income tax
- Nebraska has a top income tax rate of 4.55%, while Rhode Island has a top income tax rate of 5.99%.
- Rhode Island's top rate is 1.44 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Nebraska: 1.42% effective rate vs Rhode Island: 1.07% of home value per year.
- Nebraska's rate is 0.35 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Nebraska: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs Rhode Island: 7%.
- Rhode Island's combined rate is 0.02 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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